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“A new national survey found that 90 percent of appraisers reported that mortgage brokers, realty agents, lenders and even consumers have pressured them to raise property valuations to enable deals…
The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) published the summary results of their 2006 Annual Housing Market Survey (“The State of the California Housing Market”) today. A couple of tidbits that…
According to the November 2006 S&P/Case-Shiller index, single-family home prices in San Francisco dropped 0.7% from October ’06 to November ’06 (down 0.9% year-over-year). A couple of things to remember,…
After 138 days on the market, and three price reductions (now $505,000 or 15% below its original list price), 2523 Steiner is still on the market. But now it’s also…
Once again, this data only reflects properties that were listed and recorded as sold on the SFAR Multiple Listing Service. And as always, while a change in average (or Median)…
An eagle-eyed (and elephant-minded) tipster notices that 868 Arkansas is back on the market. As you might recall (as did our tipster), 868 Arkansas was the focus of a somewhat…
After a thorough New Year’s cleaning, Active listed housing inventory in San Francisco is once again on the rise as new (and perhaps not so new) listings have outpaced sales…
We turn to Malcolm Kaufman’s latest ‘Pulse of The Market‘ for twenty years of MLS sales history for San Francisco’s single-family homes (SFH) and condominiums. Keep in mind that this…
According to DataQuick, the median sales price for existing homes in San Francisco was $753,000 last month, flat compared to November ’06, but up 3.6% year-over-year ($727,000 in December ’05).…
The New York Times looks at the struggling new condo development market in Washington D.C. and the impact of developers changing course from sales to rentals. “After six weeks of…